Seed bombing: when drones are planting trees!
We have seen so many images recently of drones being used in conflicts that it is almost recomforting to see them used to bomb... not...
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Francois S. Marmion
Oct 25, 20236 min read
The future of war: first lessons learned from Ukraine
The war between Ukraine and Russia is the first large-scale conventional war of the 21st century. It will shape the way major powers...
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Francois S. Marmion
Oct 19, 20231 min read
Air delivery is becoming prime
Amazon has announced that they will roll out their "Prime Air" drone delivery service in the UK and Italy by the end of 2024, in...
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Francois S. Marmion
Oct 11, 20223 min read
Singapore: the port of the future
Singapore is the second container port in the world after Shanghai and has just inaugurated the first phase of its New Generation Port...
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Eric Vidal
Oct 2, 20222 min read
Deepfakes - the future of Hollywood… marketing and our democracies?
Deepfake videos are pretty cool but the implication for potential misinformation are huge. The future of Hollywood, marketing and democracy?
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Eric Vidal
Aug 4, 20221 min read
How to operate a smooth digital transformation? Just visit Japan!
Buddhist Japan might have better understood than any other country or culture, how to operate a smoother digital transformation. The Zen...
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Francois Marmion
Jul 29, 20211 min read
Do robots have a future at the Olympics?
During the half-time of the recent Olympic Games match between France and the USA (surprisingly won by France), Cue4, the basketball...
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Colette Barbier
Jun 23, 20213 min read
Did autonomous drones attack humans for the first time?
A UN report recently suggests that military drones may have attacked an individual autonomously in Libya for the first time in history....
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eleonoreroty
Jun 21, 20212 min read
Refurbished tech for the future
At a time when the planet is calling for more earth- friendly technology, refurbished second-hand devices might just be the answer. The...
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Colette Barbier
Jun 3, 20213 min read
Elon Musk's Neuralink makes monkeys play video games with their brain
The Neuralink BCI (brain-computer interface) project is moving fast. In his last update in April 2021, Elon Musk released a video...
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Agathe Gellé
May 11, 20212 min read
Quand la lumière prend vie
Produire de la lumière sans électricité, c'est le pari fou dans lequel s'est lancée Glowee, une start-up française qui ne manque pas...
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Ines Deselaie
Apr 29, 20212 min read
A bug in the food chain
Innovations that contribute to reduce food waste and gas emissions multiply in a wide range of sectors. Since 2017, the Bulgarian company...
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Agathe Gellé
Apr 13, 20213 min read
Mechanical trees: imitating forests to save the planet
Reducing CO2 emissions is a global issue that has encouraged impact startups to find new innovative solutions. Recently, Silicon Kingdom...
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Ines Deselaie
Mar 19, 20211 min read
Precision food: you can shop with your DNA!
Some innovations enable us to live in a healthier environment by changing our lifestyles. This is what DNA Nudge contributes to do based...
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Francois S. Marmion
Feb 5, 20214 min read
Will China's massive lead in 5G subscriptions change the world?
At the end of 2020, there were 220 million 5G subscribers in the world, 80% Chinese. This could have huge consequences on who takes the...
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Francois S. Marmion
Dec 13, 20201 min read
A maritime hydrogen-powered VTOL drone: lots of innovation in one!
The Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands has developed a maritime VTOL drone using a combination of hydrogen and batteries...
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Francois S. Marmion
Nov 24, 20201 min read
Is GPT-3 the first step towards general artificial intelligence?
Every day we see more examples of the amazing capabilities of Open AI's GPT-3 in doing things that we thought were reserved for human...
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Francois Marmion
Nov 19, 20202 min read
Orange lance son réseau fibre optique du futur Djoliba en Afrique de l'Ouest
Orange a annoncé le 10 Novembre, lors du sommet Africa Tech Festival, le lancement de son réseau backbone fibre optique Djoliba ("Fleuve...
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Francois S. Marmion
Nov 13, 20203 min read
An army of robots in the 2030s: is it good or bad news for human beings?
During the "Battle of the 300 champions" in antique Greece (546 B.C.), the cities of Sparta and Argos agreed to have only three hundred...
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Francois S. Marmion
Nov 12, 20201 min read
First ride of the hyperloop with passengers onboard
Virgin has done its first test of the hyperloop in Arizona, near Las Vegas, with actual passengers onboard. A very short trip (500...
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